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Israel's all-seeing eye is the stealthiest cruelty of all in Gaza

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Trump's Christmas Day strikes on Nigeria beg question: Why Sokoto?

The US hit a majority Muslim area where ISIS has a questionable foothold and Christians are not being killed

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Why Russians haven't risen up to stop the Ukraine war

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What use is a mine ban treaty if signers at war change their minds?

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Pope Leo's crack team of diplomats face war in Venezuela

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Bari Weiss just handed Trump a ‘kill switch’ for news it doesn’t like

Her decision to spike a 60 Minutes story has huge ramifications for CBS's US foreign policy reporting

As expected, Netanyahu back demanding more war with Iran

'Reckless' US ops in Caribbean lead to near-misses with passenger planes

House unable to halt Venezuela war march

Trump's Venezuela oil obsession doesn't make sense

Asia-Pacific

China lion

Taiwan shouldn't become the thorn we use to provoke China

South Korea president President Lee Jae-myung

Trump NSS puts S. Korea at center of US primacy aims in region

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South Korea isn't crazy about US-led anti-China bloc

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Takaichi 101: How to torpedo relations with China in a month

Middle east

Think a $35B gas deal will thaw Egypt toward Israel? Not so fast.

Think a $35B gas deal will thaw Egypt toward Israel? Not so fast.

Trump wants a summit to celebrate the agreement but the smoking ruins of Gaza appear to be getting in the way.

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QI honors Reps. Khanna, Massie for reining in militarism

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Trump national security logic: rare earths and fossil fuels

Plurality of Republicans say end US aid to Israel: poll

Plurality of Republicans say end US aid to Israel: poll

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A farewell to Oz: Trump’s strategy for a multipolar world

If they are not human, we do not have to follow the law

If they are not human, we do not have to follow the law

Africa

Sokoto Nigeria

Trump's Christmas Day strikes on Nigeria beg question: Why Sokoto?

Guinea-Bissau: The ‘narco-state’ the US virtually ignores

US capital investments for something other than beating China

Boycott of G20 is shortsighted and hurts US just as much

Latin America

Pope Leo's crack team of diplomats face war in Venezuela

Pope Leo's crack team of diplomats face war in Venezuela

Paradoxically, 'Donroe Doctrine' could put US interests at risk

Trump shouldn't overplay his hand with Chile's new president

Trump's 'Monroe Doctrine 2.0' completely misreads Latin America

Europe

Why Russians haven't risen up to stop the Ukraine war

Why Russians haven't risen up to stop the Ukraine war

Ukraine's own pragmatism demands 'armed un-alignment'

EU avoids risky precedent in Ukraine aid deal

They are calling fast-track Ukraine EU bid 'nonsense.' So why dangle it?

north america

Trade review process could rock the calm in US-Mexico relations

Trade review process could rock the calm in US-Mexico relations

The rising US-NATO-Russia security dilemma in the Arctic

Trump takes US military one step closer to bombing drug cartels

Trump lifted sanctions on Syria. Now do Cuba.

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Marines know we don't kill unarmed survivors for a reason

It's not in line with the US military's historic tradition or ethical standards, and puts troops at risk

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The 8 best foreign policy books of 2025

Bari Weiss

Bari Weiss just handed Trump a ‘kill switch’ for news it doesn’t like

I was canceled by three newspapers for criticizing Israel

I was canceled by three newspapers for criticizing Israel

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What use is a mine ban treaty if signers at war change their minds?

What use is a mine ban treaty if signers at war change their minds?

Ukraine’s attempted suspension of its obligation threatens not just one convention, but the foundations of humanitarian law